Re: Pg_upgrade remote copy

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 10:34:38PM -0700, AI Rumman wrote:

> > In pg_upgrade, how about adding a feature to copy data directory over network.
> > That is, we can run pg_upgrade from our new host, where old host will be a
> > remote machine.

> I think it is much simpler to just copy the old clsuter to the remote
> server and run pg_upgrade in --link mode on the remote server.

Couldn't it run pg_basebackup as a first step?

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